Bavaria's 38ft yacht is nearly 40ft in length. Designed and constructed by J&J Design she has been fitted out to maximise cruising pleasure. From full standing fore cabin headroom, large heads with accompanying shower and roomy cabins all with bench seats and mains outlets, Jay comes fully equipped.

A linear galley with twin sinks, two burner cooker with oven and fridge are on the port side.

The saloon table with accommodation for eight seated comfortably thanks to the settees surrounding all sides of the table to starboard.

This can convert to a large double for night time if required or used as a single berth. Three double cabins are well sized (ALL cabins and saloon were re-upholstered 2010).

All areas have individual heating supplied by the Eberspacher Airtronic D4 warm air heating unit. Water is plentiful (300L) via twin tanks and heated by the engine or shore power immersion heating.

Music is supplied via a JVC FM/CD stereo so do not forget those CD's/DVD's. A Digital DVD/HD TV provides for Digital TV. An Inverter is installed to keep your Laptops, Mobile Phones and other portable electronic equipment fully charged even if shore power is unavailable.

Her No.2 Genoa is set on a Furlex roller drum

(No.1 available on request) and there is a conventional main sail with an Easy-drop Stack-Pack System (lazy bag) Jay is a joy to sail.

All control lines are let back aft to the cockpit, behind the large spray hood. Four self tailing two speed winches are used for sail trimReefing is accomplished using the patented Selden single line reefing system with a Selden Rod kicker. Jay has four Harken Self-tailing two-speed winches for sail trim.

Jay - Bavaria 38

”From full standing cabin headroom, large heads and roomy cabins all with bench seats and mains outlets, she comes fully equipped.”

A Volvo Penta 29HP Saildrive powers her with

3 bladed propeller making manoeuvring in confines easy.

Instrumentation is entirely Raymarine throughout including a Raychart Colour Chartplotter (RC435) and Smartpilot Course Computer at the helm, plus Auto wind and Tridata. A Category B AIS system has been added with independent VHF & GPS.

There is a DSC VHF at the Nav Station along with the 2nd Raymarine Colour Plotter (A50) which can display AIS equiped boats within 10nm.

Jay has a 20Kg main anchor on 60m chain and is equipped with a 1,000W Electric Lofrans windlass.

She has a 2.7m RIB mounted on snap davits and a Honda 2HP four stroke air cooled outboard. Under way Jay has a hull speed of 7 knots.

She has a set of Charts & Cruising Pilots for the Firth of Clyde. If you wish to explore further afield please tell us well in advance and we will supply you with the charts & pilots you need.

Jay is available for charter from Kip Marina or by arrangement from Croabh Haven. A Radial Cruising Chute complete with Snuffer is available as optional extra at £100 p/w or part thereof.

Jay is also available for RYA training courses as her owner is a qualified instructor. For more details please contact us.

Boat Specification and Layout

Jay is a good strong boat and will accommodate a crew of six in comfort.